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Arab League chief wants to give peace talks a chance (AFP)
Yahoo/Mideast - 33 min 58 sec ago
AFP - The Arab League's secretary general Amr Mussa said on Friday negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians should be given a chance, but wondered whether Israel was ready for "real peace."
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Iran's Ahmadinejad calls on Palestinians to fight on (Reuters)
Yahoo/Mideast - 35 min 10 sec ago
Reuters - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad urged Palestinians to keep up their armed struggle against Israel a day after Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed to continue talks on a U.S.-backed peace deal.
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Armed groups vow Israel attacks
Al Jazeera English - 58 min 32 sec ago
Thirteen Palestinian factions issue threat amid relaunch of direct Middle East peace negotiations in Washington.
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Blasts rip through possible Hezbollah weapons site (AP)
Yahoo/Mideast - 1 hour 1 min ago
AP - Explosions ripped through a building Friday in southern Lebanon that might have been used to store weapons by the militant group Hezbollah, security officials said.
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Mideast leaders to hold bimonthly peace talks (AFP)
Yahoo/Mideast - 1 hour 14 min ago
AFP - Israeli and Palestinian leaders have cleared the first hurdle in what promises to be difficult negotiations, vowing to try to settle core differences within a year and meet every two weeks.
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Israeli, Palestinian leaders face critics of talks (AP)
Yahoo/Mideast - 1 hour 48 min ago
AP - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned Friday from the resumption of Mideast negotiations in Washington to confront internal opposition to his peace moves, just as his Palestinian counterpart faced harsh criticism for agreeing to the talks at all.
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Iranians rally on al-Quds day
Al Jazeera English - 1 hour 49 min ago
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addresses thousands in Tehran, saying that Middle East talks are doomed to failure.
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Scepticism abounds in Middle East after peace talks 'show' (AFP)
Yahoo/Mideast - 2 hours 6 min ago
AFP - Observers across the Middle East expressed deep pessimism pierced with glimmers of hope on Friday after the launch of yet another round of Israeli-Palestinian talks in a 17-year-old quest for peace.
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Lebanon complains to UN about Israel 'spy ring' (AFP)
Yahoo/Mideast - 2 hours 33 min ago
AFP - Lebanon has filed a complaint with the United Nations over what it says is an Israeli spy ring in the country, giving a list of 141 suspected agents, a diplomat said on Friday.
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Iran Guards stop opposition leader from joining mass rally (AFP)
Yahoo/Mideast - 2 hours 45 min ago
AFP - Islamist militiamen and elite Revolutionary Guards surrounded the home of Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi on Friday to prevent him from joining a government-sponsored rally that last year saw opposition protests, his website said.
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Mideast people 'capable of removing' Israel: Ahmadinejad (AFP)
Yahoo/Mideast - 3 hours 26 min ago
AFP - Hardline Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Friday that the people of the Middle East are "capable of removing the Zionist regime from the world scene" in an annual Palestinian solidarity day address in Tehran.
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Mideast peace talks are 'doomed': Ahmadinejad (AFP)
Yahoo/Mideast - 4 hours 44 min ago
AFP - Direct peace talks which Israel and the Palestinians relaunched in Washington on Thursday are "stillborn and doomed", hardline Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told an annual Palestinian solidarity rally in Tehran.
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Netanyahu, Abbas Are Talking, Now What?
NPR/Middle East - 5 hours 8 min ago
President Obama brought two key players together this week to talk about Mideast peace: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. Robert Malley of the International Crisis Group talks to Steve Inskeep about both sides' motivation to sit down to try to work out a peace agreement.
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Experts Fear Mideast Talks Are Too Ambitious
New York Times - 5 hours 49 min ago
Some veteran peace process practitioners say Israel and the Palestinians should first aim for a partial solution because the gaps between the positions are too wide.
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Attackers Strike Home of Iranian Opposition Leader
New York Times - 6 hours 48 min ago
Attackers smashed windows and damaged security cameras at the home of Mehdi Karroubi a day before a rally that the authorities worry might reignite antigovernment protests.
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Wiesenthal Worked for Israeli Spy Agency, Book Alleges
New York Times - 6 hours 48 min ago
Simon Wiesenthal, who ran a one-man Nazi-hunting operation, worked for Israel’s spy agency, a new biography claims.
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Settlements in West Bank Are Clouding Peace Talks
New York Times - 7 hours 7 min ago
Middle East negotiators agreed to keep talking, but the issue of West Bank settlements threatens to derail the negotiations.
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Why Israelis Don't Care About Peace with Palestinians (Time.com)
Yahoo/Mideast - 7 hours 8 min ago
Time.com - Israelis feel prosperous, secure -- and disengaged from the peace process with the Palestinians. Is that wise?
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Middle East talks set to continue
Al Jazeera English - 7 hours 19 min ago
Israeli and Palestinian leaders agree to meet regularly to form a framework for peace.
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Hopeful sign: More talks for Israel, Palestinians (AP)
Yahoo/Mideast - 7 hours 41 min ago
AP - In an early sign of promise, Israeli and Palestinian leaders pledged Thursday in a cordial first round of talks to keep meeting at regular intervals, aiming to nail down a framework for overcoming deep disputes and achieving lasting peace within a year.
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